After the latest two tragedies, many lawmakers are being pressured to do something to help stop the senseless violence taking the lives of so many.  While measures like expanded background checks and assault rifle bans are harder to sell, “red-flag” laws often have bipartisan support, but do they stop mass shootings?  Jon Schuppe, reporter for NBC News Digital, joins us to discuss how they work.

Next, in recent years there have been a ton of alternatives to conventional cows’ milk hit the market, things like soy milk, almond milk, and coconut milk, but the new frontier may be lab made dairy.  Creating the proteins that make dairy… dairy.  And then using it to make cheeses and other products that never came from an animal.  Inja Radman, molecular biologist and founder of New Culture, joins us for the quest to make cow-free dairy.

Finally, we’ve reached peak baby in bars.  The rise of craft brewing and taprooms has made family-friendly drinking establishments more common and it is becoming a new place to take the kids.  But while it can be all for fun, it can make some people feel awkward, and then there’s that whole drink responsible thing.  Stephie Grob Plante, contributor to Vox, joins us to explain the rise of babies in bars.

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